- International women’s rights advocates call on Canada to hold tech giants like Pornhub accountable for their role in the exploitation and violence of women and children.
- Over 50 per cent of women say they have been sexually assaulted by their partners while sleeping in a recent survey of over 22,000 UK women.
- Convicted rapist and disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein will be extradited to California to stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted five women.
- Thousands of women lead protests in cities across Switzerland to demand fair wages for women, protection against sex-based violence and harassment, and raising the retirement age to 65 for women.
- Spain’s government announces the country’s top women’s football league is now considered professional.
- New Zealand lawmakers will progress a bill allowing easier self-identification of sex on birth certificates.